NATIONAL BESTSELLER In this breathaking work of Indigenous futurism, Darcie Little Badger weaves an unforgettable tale of monsters, magic, and family. Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She's always felt there was something more out there. She still believes in the old stories. Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters. Like all cottonmouths, he's been cast from home. He's found a new one on the banks of the bottomless lake. Nina and Oli have no idea the other exists. But a catastrophic event on Earth, and a strange sickness that befalls Oli's best friend, will drive their worlds together in ways they haven't been in centuries. And there are some who will kill to keep them apart. BEST OF THE YEAR Minneapolis Star Tribune • Publishers Weekly • Kirkus • Apple Books • New York Public Library • Chicago Public Library • Autostraddle AWARDS NEBULA AWARD WINNER NEWBERY AWARD HONOR AMERICAN INDIAN YOUTH LITERATURE AWARD HONOR NATIONAL BOOK AWARD LONGLIST P R A I S E ?A spellbinding tale.? ?Texas Monthly ?Genre-bending.??TIME ?Undeniably charming.??Tor.com ★ ?Evokes the timeless feeling of listening to traditional oral storytelling.??Kirkus (starred) ★ ?Fun, imaginative, and deeply immersive, this story will be long in the minds of readers.??Publishers Weekly (starred) ★ ?Magical, stunning, and wholly original.??Booklist (starred) ?A highly descriptive story which absorbs the audience into its world, readers will become invested in reading until the very end."?School Library Connection

Darcie Little Badger is an Earth scientist, writer, and fan of the weird, beautiful, and haunting. She is an enrolled member of the Lipan Apache Tribe of Texas. Her first novel, Elatsoe, was a National Indie Bestseller, named to over a dozen best-of-year lists, and called one of the Best 100 Fantasy Novels of All Time by TIME.

National Indie Bestseller National Book Award Longlist Minneapolis Star Tribune Best of the Year Publishers Weekly's Best of the Year Kirkus Reviews' Best the Year Apple's Best of the Year Chicago Public Library's Best of the Best New York Public Library's Best of the Year Autostraddle's Best Queer Books of the Year "Draws on her scientific training and tribal storytelling to weave a spellbinding tale."-Texas Monthly "Little Badger's new genre-bending narrative draws on her heritage and the tradition of story-telling that has informed her worldview."-TIME "Undeniably charming."-Tor.com ★ "Evokes the timeless feeling of listening to traditional oral storytelling."-Kirkus (starred) ★ "Fun, imaginative, and deeply immersive, this story will be long in the minds of readers."-Publishers Weekly (starred) ★ "Magical, stunning, and wholly original."-Booklist (starred) "A highly descriptive story which absorbs the audience into its world, readers will become invested in reading until the very end."-School Library Connection Nina is a Lipan girl in our world. She's always felt there was something more out there. She still believes in the old stories. Oli is a cottonmouth kid, from the land of spirits and monsters. Like all cottonmouths, he's been cast from home. He's found a new one on the banks of the bottomless lake. Nina and Oli have no idea the other exists. But a catastrophic event on Earth, and a strange sickness that befalls Oli's best friend, will drive their worlds together in ways they haven't been in centuries. And there are some who will kill to keep them apart. A Snake Falls to Earth is a breathtaking work of Indigenous futurism. Darcie Little Badger draws on traditional Lipan Apache storytelling structure to weave another unforgettable tale of monsters, magic, and family. It is not to be missed.